Blair Pellatt

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Blair Pellatt

Blair used his HP 635 point-and-shoot digital camera for astrophotography.  He observed with a Megrez f/6 semi-apochromatic refractor, as well as a Dob.

Blaire died in 2008 - Memorial to Blaire Pellatt

Sunspot 953 - Apr 29, 2007

We are having a very interesting development with the sun. Sunspot 953 is putting on quite a show and there are some very nice filaments.
Sunspot 798 - Sept 11, 2005 - Here is my latest effort at documenting the MASSIVE Sunspot 798. Last evening I detected some Aurora Activity near the constellation Auriga (which is now NNW of Victoria). Although the clouds soon covered them they where bright enough from my urban location to silhouette the clouds that where in the foreground. I could still see the star Capella through the bright patch (which confirms that they are aurora and not a jet's "contrail".)

Details of photo:
80mm F/6 "Semi-apo" Megrez
Nagler 16mm (handheld camera to lens)
H.P 635 (2.1mp) camera -auto focus/exposure
No 56 green filter
Sunspot 798 - Sept 10, 2005 - This is fascinating when you can compare the changes from day to day.

Details:
80mm F/6 Megrez Refractor
Using eyepiece projection(I held camera to eyepiece)
Eyepiece = Nagler 16mm(Type 2)
Camera = HP 635 (2.1 megapixel)
Auto focus and exposure through an Orion white light solar filter,
and a #11 green filter at the eyepiece
Sunspot 798 - Sept 9, 2005 - (This is the giant) "X-Class" flare that occurred on Sept.7,2005. It will be a very interesting object to follow.

Details:
80mm F/6 Megrez Refractor
Using eyepiece projection(I held camera to eyepiece)
Eyepiece = Nagler 16mm(Type 2)
Camera = HP 635 (2.1 megapixel)
Auto focus and exposure through an Orion white light solar filter

Its amazing what you can do with very "little" !
Lunar Eclipse - Oct 27, 2004

 

 

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